pointal Meaning, Definition & Usage

Point"al noun
Etymology
From Point: cf. F. pointal an upright wooden prop, OF. pointille a prick or prickle.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The pistil of a plant.
  2. A kind of pencil or style used with the tablets of the Middle Ages. "A pair of tablets [i. e., tablets] . . . and a pointel." Chaucer.
  3. (Arch.) See Poyntel. Obs. or R.

Webster 1913